Kid-friendly places in Cartagena

Resort on the tip of a peninsula with its own beach, a children's pool and water slide, a kids club and a playground.

Tall hotel on the beachfront road, with connecting rooms, a kids club and kids' meals in its two restaurants.

Naval museum with a hands-on wing where kids climb into a real boat and a helicopter, look through a periscope and try the submarine simulator.

A restored 17th-century convent in the old walled city, with a big pool with a shallow end in the old orchard and kids' menus in every restaurant.